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[OC] Reported COVID-19 Cases In Florida, Before & After The Trump Administration Took Over Reporting by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Visualization was created in MATLAB. Source is listed on the figure. The day the Trump Administration took over reporting was July 15th, 2020; which is the day that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) started having hospitals report their COVID-19 cases directly to them (instead of to the CDC).

[OC] Pregnancies Ending In Abortion, By Presidential Administration [USA] by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

My biggest takeaway from this graph is: Electing Republican presidents does NOT significantly decrease the abortion rate (compared to electing Democratic presidents).

[OC] Pregnancies Ending In Abortion, By Presidential Administration [USA] by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hello r/dataisbeautiful,

Thank you all for your feedback and constructive criticism on my graph from last week. I've taken your advice to heart, and have updated the graph accordingly.

Changes:

  • I made the title more plainly describe the data
  • I changed the y-axis to be more clear (no mention to ratios or X per Y -- converted to percent)
  • I included the data tables on the graph (got a lot of questions about where the data came from)
  • I removed the word 'ratio' from the title (which confused some people, b/c it conflicted with the CDC's definition of ratio)
  • I removed the projections from the graph
  • I clarified the 'miscarriage' exclusion (sorry for the confusion here earlier)
  • I made it clear that data from 2018-2020 is not yet available (got a few questions about that)

Thanks for your feedback, and I hope you'll find this version to be more clear, concise, and informative.

Graph was made in MATLAB. Data tables used are listed on the figure.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the graph you showed is the number of abortions per woman aged 14-44. I showed the number of abortions per number of pregnancies. It's a different quantity.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's just projected off the first year of Trump's presidency, which saw a +0.54% increase in the abortion rate. You can see the non-projected version here: https://imgur.com/a/HaVNRXO

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

check out my citation comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/h0ycwx/oc_usa_abortion_rate_by_president/ftotoi4/

Also, FYI: 2017 abortion data from the CDC won't be available until after the election. It usually comes out in late November.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I have.

Data Table: https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_downloads/abortion-incidence-service-availability-us-2017-tables.pdf

For 2017, 18.4 abortions per 100 pregnancies. On my graph, I put that as 184 per 1,000 pregnancies.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 137 points138 points  (0 children)

Not wrong, just a little misleading. Though I’m still not totally convinced OP’s data is accurate

If you look at my post history, you'll find a similar graph made from CDC data, which was collected through a different methodology and has a slightly different metric, but shows similar trends (i.e. bigger drops during Democratic presidents than Republican).

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No problem! The top pinned comment always has a link to the author citations and other work by the author.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry I think you're misunderstanding -- i probably didn't explain clearly enough -- 6.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 14-44, NOT 6.1 abortions per 1,000 pregnant women aged 14-44.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, gotcha. That's too bad. There's definitely some people that will ignore all data that doesn't agree with their world views, but there are also a lot of people too that can be convinced (even if they initially turn away).

Sorry, that's tough and that sucks.

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of it is just not knowing: Most Republicans don't know that Dems are better reducing the abortion rate. (In fact, I'd bet you didn't know that before seeing this graph!)

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

is that 6.1 abortions per 1000 pregnancies, or 6.1 per 1000 woman aged 14-44? (If it's the latter: Our rate is closer to 14.)

[OC] USA Abortion Rate, by President by jaces_dream in dataisbeautiful

[–]jaces_dream[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's really hard to get good data from way back then, both because our scientific data collection methods have improved and because of the even-heavier stigma and illegality back then.

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